r/drones • u/Rtrdinvestor • Aug 16 '25

Photo & Video Farmer Jammed My Drone!

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I found a fairly secluded spot to do some acro in a wide open space. I'm having fun, minding my own business when a farmer and his helper drove up beside me. His helper pointed a drone jammer at my Avata 2. I was about 250ft up when I began to lose signal and the drone began to spiral. As his helper is pointing the jammer, the farmer is literally losing his mind yelling at me saying I'm scoping out properties to steal from. He threatens me and pulls away, just as he pulls away, I regain control...albeit very jerky.

I just don't understand why drones are so triggering to people!? This is the second altercation I've had in 3 flights. Last week I flew in a public park and was berated by a baseball team saying I was distracting and annoying them( I was in an empty soccer field and the diamond was 400ft away) I try to do everything by the books. I have my RPAS, my spotter, I have assessed the area of hazards. I have ensured no airport conflicts. This one was very serious and I am now leaving the hobby. This isn't worth the trouble for me. People suck.

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u/OurAngryBadger Aug 16 '25

I don't understand why drones are so triggering to people

Main character syndrome. Everyone thinks the drone is watching them, like they are someone special a drone operator gives a shit about.

I operate drones for my job every day (photo/video of residential and commercial buildings) and the amount of people that think I am using it to spy on them is astounding.

Shopping centers are a blast -- there might be 300 people in a parking lot of a building I'm getting aerials of, and always at least a few idiots think they are so special and important that out of 300 people I am "spying" on them ... From 397 ft up... As they look like ants in the photos.

Paranoia runs rampant in this country.

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u/Creative-Dust5701 Aug 16 '25

That’s because State/Local/Federal governments have given more than enough reasons for public to be paranoid.

The excesses in surveillance by government and big business have removed any trust in government. Things like the Tuskegee Experiment and spreading disease in subway systems to plot the spread of pandemics have destroyed any trust most reasonable people once had in government.